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Perfect Strangers

1986 Ended

6.7/10 124 votes

Comedy

The chronicles of the rocky coexistence of midwestern American Larry Appleton and his distant cousin from eastern Mediterranean Europe, Balki Bartokomous.

Created by:: Dale McRaven
Cast:: Bronson Pinchot, Mark Linn-Baker, Melanie Wilson, Rebeca Arthur
Language:: English
Country:: United States of America
Network:: ABC

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Seasons

9 available

Season 1

Episodes

Episode 5 selected

E01

Episode 1

Knock Knock, Who's There?

1986-03-25 · 25m

Larry Appleton has just settled in his new Chicago apartment after leaving home of one of nine kids and took a job at the corner discount store working for his greedy landlord Mr. Twinkacetti until he can eventually become a photo journalist. But one evening, Balki Bartokomous, his distant cousin and a Mediterranean sheep herder from the island of Mypos shows up on his door step looking for a place to stay. So Larry takes him in and tries to get him a job at Twinkacetti's store which may mean risking his own job.

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E02

Episode 2

Picture This

1986-04-01 · 24m

Larry tries to kickstart his career and gets tipped off that Dolly Parton is in town committing adultery. So he decides to follow her until he can get a picture to sell to newspapers. Meanwhile, Balki will do a favor for anyone who will ask for it so Larry teaches him to say "no" once in a while but it backfires on him.

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E03

Episode 3

First Date

1986-04-08 · 24m

Larry takes Balki to a singles bar to meet women and while Balki gets his first date, Larry gets beat up in a parking lot by a boyfriend of a woman he hit on.

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E04

Episode 4

Baby, You Can Drive My Car

1986-04-15 · 24m

Balki wants to get his driver's license but Mr. Twinkacetti doesn't think he can do it. But Larry is so confident that he can, that he bets $50 and offers Balki his car.

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E05

Episode 5

Check This

1986-04-22 · 24m

Larry takes Balki to the bank to open a bank account but Balki doesn't seem to understand everything about banking when he overspends with his checks and buys Larry new furniture. Meanwhile, Twinkacetti is going to a poker game and his wife, Edwina doesn't like him gambling. So he asks Larry to tell his wife that they were at a basketball game but Larry refuses to.

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E06

Episode 6

Happy Birthday, Baby

1986-04-29 · 24m

Larry is miserable on his 24th birthday after he blew a photo opportunity. So Balki tries to throw him a last minute surprise birthday party for him to cheer him up.

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